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Saturday, January 16, 2016

A busy New Year has begun. I just
finished yesterday, working day 6 of the 11 days currently scheduled for January 2016.

As I passed through the teachers'
lounge on the way to the restroom, there was a full bowl full of leftover New
Year's (Christmas?) foil wrapped chocolates on one of the lunch tables with a
handwritten note "help yourself" attached.

I picked up one, unwrapped
and ate it whole before heading off to "important business".

Exiting the restroom, back
through the lounge, I overheard the following snippet of conversation between two
teachers, one of which was pointing at the bowl.

T1: She said she bit into one
and it had little worms wriggling inside.

T2: REALLY??!!

T1: Yea, little white worms...

T2: Yuck!

I stopped dead in my tracks
and turned around now instantly feeling a bit queasy. "Did I hear you say
someone found worms in these chocolates? I just ate one!"

T1: Oh...not these
chocolates. I was talking about someone I know who bought the same brand for a
birthday party last year. These are ok.

On my way back to the
classroom, I tried to convince myself that the chocolate was 'ok'.And even if?....well, worms are just another
form of protein.